ڈاکیہ

Urdu

Etymology

From ڈاک (ḍāk, “post”) +‎ ـِیَہ (-iya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɖɑː.kɪ.jɑ(ː)/

Noun

ڈاکِیَہ • (ḍākiya) m (Hindi spelling डाकिया)

1. Alternative form of ڈاکِیَا (ḍākiyā)

Declension

Declension of ڈاکیہ

	singular	plural
direct	ڈاکیَہ (ḍākiyah)	ڈاکیے (ḍākiye)
oblique	ڈاکیے (ḍākiye)	ڈاکیوں (ḍākiyõ)
vocative	ڈاکیے (ḍākiye)	ڈاکیو (ḍākiyo)

Further reading

• “ڈاکیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ڈاک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.